Hi Katie,
FWIW, when I say Vista Sidebar, I really mean 'some desktop widget
for Windows users. Which could mean Yahoo-Konfabulator widget as well.
Vista Sidebar is appealing because it comes installed out of the box.
But if we don't have significant Vista downloads, then Yahoo-
Konfabulator is a better bet.
Mimi
On Feb 25, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
Mimi listed "Vista sidebar" as one of the widget containers. I
thought it might be worth having a general conversation about Vista
support for both desktop and widgets. We could make decisions
differently for each -- afaik there is no technical reason why we
would need to support Vista on the desktop to do a Vista sidebar
widget. If we think the time is right for a Vista sidebar widget
though, that calls into question why we're not supporting Vista on
the desktop.
For context, operating system market share as of Jan 2008,
according to one report:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10
- 75% Windows XP
- 12% Windows Vista
- 4.3% Mac intel
- 3.3% Mac ppc
- 2.7% Windows 2000
- 0.67% Linux
- 2% Other
Jared, any input on % Vista users we see on Hub or the website?
Questions:
- What infrastructure do we need to do Vista sidebar widgets or
support
Vista on the desktop? How many Vista licenses, any new hardware?
- Should we bite the bullet and officially support Vista on the
desktop?
(Or perhaps the better question is, When?)
Fwiw, I ran across a tool that generates osx and vista widgets from
web widgets when looking up how similar vista widgets were to osx
widgets:
http://www.amnestywidgets.com/Products.html
Cheers,
Katie
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